After Livezay, 1998 and Sibley & Monroe, 1990
<==o Gallirallus Lafresnaye, 1841 [incl. Lewinia] (wekaluhtakanat; Lesser Pacific rails) |?- †G. sp. [<Norfolk Island>] |?- †G. ripleyi Steadman, 1986 (Mangaian rail) |--o G. pectoralis (Temminck, 1831) [Lewinia pectoralis] (pikkuluhtakana) | |-- G. p. pectoralis (Temminck, 1831) [incl. insulsus, captus, mayri, alberti, exsul, brachipus] (slate-breasted rail) | |-- G. p. Mülleri (Rothchild, 1893) (Auckland Islands rail) | `-- G. p. mirificus (Parkes & Amadon, 1959) (brown-banded rail) `--+-- G. striatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (seepraluhtakana; blue-breasted rail) |-- G. sharpei (Büttikofer, 1893) (Sharpe's rail) `--+--o G. australis (Sparrman, 1786) [G. minor] (weka) | |-- G. a. australis (Sparrman, 1786) [incl. scotti, hectori, troglodytes] (eteläsaarenweka; South Island weka) | `-- G. a. greyi (Buller, 1888) (pohjoissaarenweka; North island weka) `--+--+-- †G. dieffenbachii (G.R. Grey, 1843) (chathamsaartenluhtakana; Dieffenbach's Rail) | `--o G. philippensis (Linnaeus, 1766) (itkuluhtakana) | |-- G. p. philippensis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Philippine banded banded-rail) | |-- †G. p. macquariensis (Hutton, 1879) (Macquarie Island banded-rail | |-- G. p. assimilis (G.R. Grey, 1843) [incl. norfolkensis] (austral banded-rail) | |-- G. p. christophori (Mayr, 1939) [incl. wilkinsoni, “chandleri”] (Solomon Islands banded-rail) | |-- G. p. setsmithi (Mathews, 1911) (incl. swindellsi) (Fijian banded-rail) | |-- G. p. goodsoni (Mathews, 1911) (Somoan banded-rail) | `-- G. p. ecaudatus (Miller, 1783) (Tongan banded-rail) `--+-- G. owstoni (Rothchild, 1895) (guaminluhtakana) `--+-- G. rovianae Diamond, 1991 (Roviana Rail) `-- G. wakensis (Rothchild, 1903) (Wake Island Rail)
Reference(s):
- Holdaway, R. N., Worthy, T. H. & Tennyson, A. J. D., 2001: A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact.
–New Zealand Journal of Zoology: Vol. 28, pp. 119-187 - Livezey, B. C., 1998: A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae).
–Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Biology): Vol. 353, pp. 2077-2151 - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B, L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.